Thursday, July 25, 2013

Legal action against Congressional Republicans is overdue

They wanted to make him a one term President. In a clandestine meeting they conspired to block every piece of legislation that supported his policies so he would be ineffective as a President. They lied about his intentions during the 2012 Presidential campaign. They continually lie about the Affordable Care Act and have voted to repeal it 37 times. They have even voted against their own legislation when it is clear that Obama supports it.

The obstruction happening in Congress is solely due to Republicans who hate Obama more than they love America. The most frustrating thing is that not all of America is as angry at Republicans as Republicans in Congress are with President Obama.

Because this Republican obstruction is a conspiracy that is intentionally designed to be destructive to America, Republicans in Congress are guilty of the crimes of "Conspiracy to Obstruct" and "Conspiracy to Defraud."

The following is the legal explanation of "Conspiracy to Obstruct" (18 U.S.C. 371).

If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States or to defraud the United States, or any agency thereof in any manner or for any purpose, and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

The following is the legal explanation of "Conspiracy to Defraud"

Section 371 contains both a general conspiracy prohibition and a specific obstruction conspiracy prohibition in the form of a conspiracy to defraud proscription. The elements of conspiracy to defraud the United States are: (1) an agreement of two more individuals; (2) to defraud the United States; and (3) an overt act by one of conspirators in furtherance of the scheme. The "fraud covered by the statute ‘reaches any conspiracy for the purpose of impairing, obstructing or defeating the lawful functions of any department of Government”by “deceit, craft or trickery, or at least by means that are dishonest.”The scheme may be designed to deprive the United States of money or property, but it need not be so; a plot calculated to frustrate the functions of a governmental entity will suffice.

Debt ceiling discussions are coming up again in the fall. Raising the debt ceiling is necessary to allow America to pay debts that Congress has already made. Republicans have already threatened to use the debt ceiling as leverage to get the administration to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke and other financial experts have indicated to Congress, that blocking the debt ceiling increase will lead to a serious recession.

If Republicans go ahead with this threat it will do severe damage to the United States economy with their full approval. This is more than ordinary politics. It is akin to a terrorist threat that means to do harm to America.

If Republicans block debt ceiling increases, Attorney General Eric Holder would be correct to bring them up on criminal charges. Republicans in Congress have so far escaped legal action for their conspiracy against the United States, but they are no longer legitimate politicians. If they place America into default on its debts they have entered into the realm of disobedience to law and deserve to be held accountable.

The chances of legal action against them are slim but you can do something about them. Write them, call them and tell others how you feel about their actions. Doing this now may help avoid disaster. Don't wait until it's too late and you are personally affected by their actions.

At the very least, please vote them out of office in the 2014 mid-term elections and help get government working for all the people and not against them.